as in pretty
to some degree or extent
these newly acquired in-laws felt relatively comfortable at our family reunion
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Recent Examples of relatively
That is a relatively unusual role in the modern game and Freigang will not find the Germany side entirely based around her needs.
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Michael Cox, New York Times, 30 June 2025
While some aldermen and state legislators have pointed to the terminals as a relatively painless revenue source, opponents have argued that the change would cannibalize business at the city casino, where a portion of the revenues is dedicated to paying down police and fire pension costs.
—A.d. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 30 June 2025
However, New Yorkers welcomed her more recently, relatively speaking, in Alexi Kaye Campbell’s The Pride with Hugh Dancy, Adam James and Ben Whishaw directed by Joe Mantello.
—Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 30 June 2025
Like all of The Ordinary’s products, this serum is relatively affordable and easy to add into your routine.
—Iman Balagam, Vogue, 30 June 2025
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Michael Cox, New York Times, 30 June 2025
While some aldermen and state legislators have pointed to the terminals as a relatively painless revenue source, opponents have argued that the change would cannibalize business at the city casino, where a portion of the revenues is dedicated to paying down police and fire pension costs.
—A.d. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 30 June 2025
However, New Yorkers welcomed her more recently, relatively speaking, in Alexi Kaye Campbell’s The Pride with Hugh Dancy, Adam James and Ben Whishaw directed by Joe Mantello.
—Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 30 June 2025
Like all of The Ordinary’s products, this serum is relatively affordable and easy to add into your routine.
—Iman Balagam, Vogue, 30 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for relatively
Adverb
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Yellow and purple is a pretty bold choice of contrasting colours.—
Nick Miller,
New York Times,
28 June 2025
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Like pretty much anyone who caught the epic Jannik Sinner-Carlos Alcaraz final at Roland Garros earlier this month, McEnroe seems to believe that tennis has found a rivalry to succeed the epochal tripartite struggle between Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
27 June 2025
Adverb
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The prospect of trying to cut open a stubborn 5-4-1 block in the Orlando heat could have become torturous quite quickly.—
Liam Tharme,
New York Times,
28 June 2025
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The craft beer landscape was quite different when the Maltose Falcons formed their homebrewing club in California 51 years ago.—
Gary Stoller,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2025
Adverb
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The future of collaboration is not man versus machine, but man with machine—in an open, visible process where every contributor can see, learn from, and be fairly assessed for their effort.—
David Ferrucci,
Fortune,
30 June 2025
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The Bulls will want to negotiate this number down — which is more easily accomplished by compromising on a longer contract — but their commitment to the guard has been fairly clear in the build-up to these negotiations.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
30 June 2025
Adverb
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In the long term, industry leadership may no longer be reserved solely for companies with the most resources but rather for those that excel at connecting diverse innovation forces and facilitating efficient value flow within the innovation ecosystem.—
Fairchild Studio,
Footwear News,
30 June 2025
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Per Deadline, Branagh will play Streep’s onscreen husband, or rather, the fourth Mr. Miranda Priestly.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
30 June 2025
Adverb
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The only country that has moved somewhat away from China and toward the United States in the past 30 years is Vietnam, although not by much (from 41 to 45).—
Yuen Foong Khong,
Foreign Affairs,
24 June 2025
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They were marred by injuries throughout the season, having entered the season with somewhat high expectations.—
Ricardo Klein,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 June 2025
Adverb
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Unfortunately, that was not good enough for the turkey.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
1 July 2025
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The network of community leaders and officials all questioned the administration’s determination that Haiti is now safe enough for people to return.—
Churchill Ndonwie,
Miami Herald,
1 July 2025
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“Relatively.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/relatively. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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